Modeling Agents of the Urban Form: Saturnino de Brito, a Reflection about his Embellishment and Sanitation Project for the City of Poços de Caldas, MG

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Sanitary Urban Planning, Poços de Caldas - MG, History of Urbanism in Brazil

Abstract

The paper presents the contribution of the sanitary engineer Francisco Saturnino
Rodrigues de Brito to Brazilian cities, in particular the case of Poços de Caldas, in the south of the state of Minas Gerais. The objective of this paper is to discuss the origins of this hydrothermal city, the plan of Companhia Melhoramentos de Poços de Caldas in the decade of 1910 and the project of embellishment and sanitation of the city, proposed by Saturnino de Brito in 1928. It demonstrates how such projects define elements that structure the urban fabric of Poços de Caldas and constitute important layers that define its contemporary urban form. As primary sources, the files of Companhia Melhoramentos and the project of Saturnino de Brito for Poços de Caldas from 1928 have been consulted. Saturnino’s project was part of a large work plan for the complete remodeling of this hydrothermal city where spaces for the thermal treatments were not only places to cure diseases, but they also made up a beautiful, modern and healthy city. The proposal of Saturnino de Brito to Poços de Caldas was determinant for the spatial configuration of the hydrothermal city and its legacy can be recognized until the present day.

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Luciana Valin Gonçalves Dias, Puc Campinas

Graduação em Arquitetura e Urbanismo pela Puc-Campinas (1998). Especialização em Patrimônio Arquitetônico: Teoria e Projeto pela Puc-Campinas (2000). Mestrado em Urbanismo pela Puc-Campinas na linha de pesquisa: História do Pensamento Urbanístico / POSURB (2015-2016). Membro do Grupo de Pesquisa: História das Cidades: Ocupação Territorial e Ideários Urbanos.

Renata Baesso Pereira, PUC-Campinas

Professora Titular da Puc-Campinas – SP; Membro do corpo docente permanente da Graduação em Arquitetura e Urbanismo e Pós Graduação em Urbanismo (Puc-Campinas). Membro do Grupo de Pesquisa: História das Cidades: Ocupação Territorial e Ideários Urbanos. Doutora pela FAU-USP em História e Fundamentos da Arq. e Urbanismo (2008); Mestre em Urbanismo pela Puc-Campinas (2000) e Graduada em Arquitetura pela UFMG (1994).

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2017-08-07

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DIAS, L. V. G.; PEREIRA, R. B. Modeling Agents of the Urban Form: Saturnino de Brito, a Reflection about his Embellishment and Sanitation Project for the City of Poços de Caldas, MG. Graduate Journal in Architecture and Urbanism, [S. l.], v. 17, n. 1, p. 22, 2017. Disponível em: http://editorarevistas.mackenzie.br/index.php/cpgau/article/view/2017.1%20Dias. Acesso em: 27 dec. 2024.

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Vol. 17 No. 1 (2017)

Section

Questões Urbanas: Legados de Projeto

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